Improvement in wheelbarrows



C. R. HlGHT.

Improvement in Wheel-Barrows.

Patented Aug. 6,1872.

X92 weve ZLa]a UNITEIJ STATES PATENTIOLIQE.

CORNELIUS e. EIGHT, or GENEVA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHEELBARROWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,129, dated August6, 1872.

SPECIFICATION.

To all whom it may concern:

` Be it known that I, CORNELIUS R. HIGIIT, of Geneva, countyof Kane andState of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inWheelbarrows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawing and letters marked thereon making a part of thisspecification.

AThe nature of my invention consists in the construction of wheelbarrowframes so arranged as to dispense with the use of mortises and tenons,frequently combining in one, two, or more parts, usually made separate,a simple constructed wheel and foot-protecting arrangement, whichgreatly facilitates the manufacturing process and secures greatersimplicity and strength, and adapted to any style of box or servicerequired; of which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the wheelbarrowcomplete. Fig. 2 is a side sectional View of the frame. Fig. 3ds a viewof extension side brace and leg, showing their connection. Fig. 4 is thefront cap as resting on the uprights. Fig. 5 is a cross-couplin g bracein position. Fig. 6 is a cast-iron shoe. Fig. 7 is a sectional view ofthe wheel, showing manner of setting the spokes. Fig. 8 is a section ofbent stock Vand spoke used in construction of the wheel. Fig. 9 is aform of a hook and angle-bolt used in coupling the parts together. Fig.10 is a cross-bar used to couple the side sections of the frame.

Letter A, Fig. 2, the ordinary side rail; letter B, Fig. 2, the leg madeof bent stock 5 letter C, Fig. 2, the extension side brace of bentstock; letter D, Fig. 2, the front upright 5 letter E, Fig. 2, thefoot 5letters F F, Fig. 5, two similar crossbraces of bent stock 5 letter G,Fig. 9, anglecoupling bolt; letter H, Fig. 9, hook; letters I I, Fig. 4,section of side rods to hold side boards; letter J, Fig. 4, the ordinarycross-cap letter K, Fig. 2, the iron brace to front upright; letter L,Fig. 8, a spoke of the wheel; letter M, Fig. 8, a section of rim of thewheel; letter N, Fig. 7, hub of the wheel; letter O, Fig. 6, cavity incast-iron shoe to cover nut under foot E, Fig. 2.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iproceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my whcelbarrow-frames principally of bent stock,substantially the same as used for buggy-fellies, combined with theordinary side-rail cap, &;c. For the common-sized frame I use one andthree-fOurths-inch bent stock, describing circles of three feeteightinches and four feet two inches, respectively. I cutthelegof the smallercircle of bent stock,con neet it to the side rail by cutting away theOuter half of the upper end as low as the rail is deep, thus forming abearing against the inside and under edge of the rail, and secure toeach Other with common bolt at point P, Fig. 2. I attach, also,withcommon bolt, the extension side brace to the side rail by slightlynotchin g each, leaving a projection of the side rail outwardly to forma bearing for the side board. The convexed edge of the side brace is setdownward and passes back beneath and beyond the leg, forming the foot E,on the upper side of which, at point R, Fig. 3, I form a bearing for theleg by cuttin g in three-eighths of an inch deep and running tofeather-edge one and a half inch back. I cut the end of the leg tocorrespond with this notch in the foot and secure them to each otherwith an an gle-bolt by passing the shortest end of the bolt forwardthrough the leg two inches above the end, which also re- `ceives the endof the cross-brace, as at S, Fig.

2. 'lhe body of the bolt passes down, is slightly bedded into the leg,and extends through the foot E, with nut below. (See letter T, Fig. 3.)The front uprights are formed by the extension of the side braces abovethe side rail and connect with the cross-cap above, as shown in Fig. 4..The cap is made to cover the upper edge of the front board, and rests onand is attached to the ends of the uprights by anglebolts, the short endof the bolt passing forward through the upright, t-wo inches below theend, to receive the iron brace K in Fig. 2, the body of the bolt passingup between the front board and upright, and is equally bedded into each,extends through the cap with nut above. (See letters V V, Figs-4 and 2.)From the uprights the cap projects outward two and one-fourth inches toreceive the side rods I I, Fig. 4, forming the spaces X X between therods and uprights, to admit the side boards. 'lo couple the sidesections ofthe frame togetherIuse a crossbar cut to fit between. theside rails at point Y,

Fig. 2, secured to the rails by hook-bolts with nuts on the outside.(See letters Y Y in Fig. l0.) I use, also, in coupling the framestogether, and to prevent them from rocking, the two cross-braces F F,Fig. 5. The lower ends are secured to the legs by the angle-bolts atpoint S, Fig. 2, as described above. The upper ends are secured byhook-bolts I-I, Fig. 9, locked into the hooks formed on the braces andpassing through the side rails, with nut: on the outside at point Z,Figs. 2 and 5. The convexed edges of the braces being downward, theycross and are bolted together nearly in a line with the end bolts, andserve as a coupling across the lower end of the legs. In theconstruction of my wheel I secure the greatest simplicity and strength.I use bent stock and have but two joints in the rim. I set the spokes,eight in number, in a zigzag position, diverging seveneighths of an inchsidewise each way from the center. I use round tapering holes to admitthe spokes in the hub, so arranged as to Igive proper direction to thespokes, so as to enter centrally into the inner edge of the rim, whereshoulders are formed on the spokes by cutting round tenons on the outerends to connect with the rim. I use small spokes tapering from the hubto the rim. I form the rim of two half sections oi bent stock,describing a circle of twenty inches, secured to the spokes as indicatedabove and to each other by dowels at the connections. I use any suitablematerial for the reo.

box to my wheelbarrow, and construct it in the usual form, with flatbottom and adjustable sides, as most convenient for general use. Thefront board rests against and is attached to the front uprights. Thebottom extends across and rests on the side rails, and connected to thesame with nails or screws. The adjustable sides are of the ordinary formand are held in position by the usual fixtures of side rods and cleat.(See rods I I, Fig. 4, and cleat, Fig. l.) For special services, as forremoving of stones, dirt, &c., I construct a corresponding style of box.

What I claim is- 1. The combination and peculiar arrangement of theparts composing the frame and wheel, as set forth in the accompanyingspecication and drawing.

2. I claim, specifically, the method, as set forth and described, ofconnecting the extension side brace to the leg and cap by the use ofangle-bolts.

3. I claim the use of cross-coupling braces made of bent stock, unitingthe two sides of the frame together, substantially as set forth in theabove specification and drawing.

C. It. EIGHT.

Vitnesses:

W. D. BARRY,

J W. PANNYTON.

